CORSIA MRV Readiness
Republic of Rwanda
Generated 2026-10-28 · All findings primary-sourced; gaps are stated, never inferred.
Stat block — CORSIA Central Registry
Chapter-3 participationParticipant from 1 Jan 2025
CORSIA States for Chapter 3 State Pairs, 5th Edition/Rev.1 (2024-09-27)
2019 baselinePilot-phase 380,740 t · 85%-of-2019 323,630 t
CCR Part II, 2nd Edition (2022-10-28)
2024 emissionsSubject 403,215 t · Not subject 84,813 t · Total 488,028 t
CCR Part III, 4th Edition (2025-10-31)
Verification bodynone as of this edition
CCR Part I, 13th Edition (2025-12-19)
CEF claims (2024)0
CCR Part IV, 1st Edition (2025-10-01) — one claim worldwide, a Singapore producer
Attributed operators(CORSIA Aeroplane Operator to State Attributions, 10th Edition, 2025-12-19)
| Operator | Method | Identifier | 2024 emissions |
|---|---|---|---|
| RwandAir Limited | ICAO Designator | RWD | confidential (ICAO suppression) |
- Rwanda's 82.6% subject-to-offsetting share in 2024 (403,215 of 488,028 t) is the highest compliance-live share of any of the 13 states, despite near-zero SAF chains — regulatory pull without supply-side readiness.
- RwandAir Limited's Table 2 figure is fully confidential.
Annex 16 Vol IV — SARP-cited readiness checklist
| Requirement | SARP | Status | Evidence & source | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapter-3 State-Pair participation decision notified to ICAO | 3.1.3 | met | Republic of Rwanda elected to participate in CORSIA Chapter 3 from 1 January 2025, per ICAO "CORSIA States for Chapter 3 State Pairs", 5th Edition/Rev.1 (2024-09-27). | — |
| Aeroplane-operator attribution submitted | 1.2.2, 1.2.7 | met | 1 operator(s) attributed to Republic of Rwanda under CORSIA 10th Edition (2025-12-19): RwandAir Limited. | — |
| Verification body accredited in-State | 1.3.7, 4.4.2.2 (ISO/IEC 17011:2017) | gap | No ICAO-accredited national CORSIA verification body as of CCR Part I, 13th Edition (2025-12-19); operators must use a verification body accredited elsewhere. | See what the credit-stage record looks like → |
| State annual Emissions Report submitted to ICAO | 2.3.2.2 | met | Republic of Rwanda is marked "Reported" in both the 2019 (CCR Part II, 2nd Edition) and 2024 (CCR Part III, 4th Edition) reporting-status appendices. | — |
| 2019 baseline on record | 1.4.3 | met | 2019 baseline on record for Republic of Rwanda: pilot-phase 380,740 t, 85%-of-2019 baseline 323,630 t (CCR Part II, 2nd Edition, 2022-10-28). | — |
| CORSIA Eligible Fuel (CEF) claims recorded in the CCR | 2.3.3.3 | gap | Zero CEF claims recorded for Republic of Rwanda (CCR Part IV, 1st Edition, 2024 reporting year — one claim worldwide, a Singapore producer). | Prepare transfer evidence for independent review → |
| Emissions Monitoring Plan (EMP) receipt & approval process | 2.2.2.1, 2.2.2.3, 2.2.2.6 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Order-of-magnitude checks on Emissions & Cancellation Reports | 2.4.1.6, 4.4.1.6 (guidance: ETM Table 3-11, ~3h/operator) | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Offsetting-requirement calculation & operator notice | 3.2.1-3.2.6, 3.4.1-3.4.5 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Data-gap estimation backstop (CERT) | 2.5.2.1 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Error correction to reported emissions | 2.6.1-2.6.2 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Emissions-unit cancellation oversight | 4.3.2, 4.4.1.6 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Administrative-partnership option (delegation alternative) | 1.3.2-1.3.3 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
Value-chain gaps & solutions
Grounding: study
Rwanda's 2023 ICAO/EU Phase II feasibility study (author Dr. Jon McKechnie) concludes the country has no SAF value chain in place — it is at the pre-feasibility/assessment stage across every stage. Feedstock is the binding constraint: croplands are prioritized for food security (20% food-insecure, 35.8% undernourished), agricultural residues (~1.12 Mt/yr) are fully used for feed/energy/materials, waste oils (UCO ~26,000 L/month, tallow) are tiny, and MSW (only ~400 t/day collected in Kigali, no transfer stations) is the most promising route but still well below commercial scale. There is NO SAF production, blending, certification, registry, or demonstration flight activity. All aviation fuel is imported finished (no refining capacity; 92.9% via Tanzania's Central Corridor, 7.1% via Kenya's Northern Corridor) with off-shore certification by chain of custody. Jet demand was 59 kt in 2019 but the new Bugesera (Kigali) International Airport could lift demand to ~519 kt (Phase 1) and ~1,228 kt (Phase 2). Finance institutions exist for the green economy (Ireme Invest via BRD + Rwanda Green Fund, AfDB, GCF, World Bank IDA, RDB incentives) but NONE has an SAF-specific commitment — RGF has explicitly NOT funded any renewable liquid fuel/SAF project. The uplift_flight stage has a clear named claimant (RwandAir) and fuel logistics actors (SP Aviation, RAC, ATL), making it the best-populated stage despite no SAF actually flying. Light 2025-2026 web research surfaced no new SAF production, offtake, or financing developments specific to Rwanda.
| Stage | Status | Missing roles |
|---|---|---|
| feedstock | partialpartial | Feedstock aggregator/trader capable of commercial-scale supply, MSW transfer-station network operator (planned, not built), Residue/UCO collection logistics operator at scale, Feedstock data/statistics collection body for SAF-relevant streams |
| conversion | open gapabsent | SAF producer / technology licensor (HEFA, FT, ATJ), Refinery / petrochemical operator, Hydrogen supplier (no domestic H2 production; imports <USD 1,000/yr), Gasification + syngas clean-up operator for MSW-to-FT |
| blending | open gapabsent | SAF blending facility operator, Neat-SAF terminal/depot infrastructure |
| uplift flight | readypresent | SAF offtake/purchase agreement (none exists), Into-plane SAF handling provider, Demonstration / first-SAF-flight sponsor |
| credit | open gapabsent | SAF certification body / accredited auditor in-country (RSB/ISCC), MRV system operator for SAF, SAF registry / book-and-claim platform operator, Carbon credit issuer/verifier for SAF |
Carbon-intensity lookupwe produce it
The ICAO default lifecycle CI for a feedstock/pathway — or an honest 'no default, escalate'.
Feedstock recognition checkwe produce it
Whether a feedstock is ICAO-recognized, its waste/residue basis, and the standing conditions.
Sustainability criteria referencewe produce it
The CORSIA sustainability themes relevant to a question.
Find / aggregate a producerwe draft it
Candidate suppliers/aggregators and the missing links to reach refinery-gate volume.
Approval & Permitting Navigatorwe produce it
A SAF project approval-pathway map (site control → airport acceptance) + RACI + indicative docs.
Feedstock Mobilization Plannerwe draft it
A collection→refinery-gate mobilization plan + residue/food-security/traceability safeguards.
Price-Gap Calculatorwe draft it
The SAF cost-gap framework (four levers) + raw-gap arithmetic on user-supplied sourced figures.
Match a financierwe draft it
A shortlist of relevant funders/instruments for a project at this stage.
Capital-Stack Matchmakerwe draft it
A layered financing stack by value-chain segment (instrument menu + stack template).
Generate a chain-of-custody templatewe produce it
A CoC document scaffold aligned to ASTM D7566 + CORSIA traceability requirements.
Fuel-Spec & Airport-Acceptance workflowwe draft it
The D7566→D1655 transition + airport-acceptance checklist (docs, EI/JIG QC, storage, uplift).
CORSIA eligibility checkwe produce it
Pass / marginal / fail verdict against the ICAO ≥10% reduction criterion.
Draft a sustainability declarationwe draft it
A pre-filled, CADO-ready declaration draft handed to the existing form for finalization.
Sources
- CORSIA Central Registry (CCR): Information and Data for Transparency — Part I: List of Verification Bodies Accredited in States, 13th Edition (2025-12-19)
- CORSIA Central Registry (CCR): Information and Data for Transparency — Part II: Total CO2 Emissions for 2019 Aggregated for all Aeroplane Operators on each State Pair, 2nd Edition (2022-10-28)
- CORSIA Central Registry (CCR): Information and Data for Transparency — Part III: Total Annual CO2 Emissions and Information for Aeroplane Operators, 4th Edition (2025-10-31)
- CORSIA Central Registry (CCR): Information and Data for Transparency — Part IV: Information on CORSIA Eligible Fuels (CEF) Claimed, 1st Edition (2025-10-01)
- CORSIA Aeroplane Operator to State Attributions, 10th Edition (2025-12-19)
- CORSIA States for Chapter 3 State Pairs, 5th Edition/Rev.1 (2024-09-27)
- Feasibility Study on the Use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels in Rwanda — ICAO/EU ACT-SAF Phase II, 2023 (Dr. Jon McKechnie)
- https://www.icao.int/sites/default/files/sp-files/environmental-protection/Documents/ACT-SAF/Feasibility_Studies/Feasibility_Study_Rwanda.pdf
- https://www.icao.int/SAF
- https://www.iata.org/en/programs/sustainability/sustainable-aviation-fuel-saf/
- https://africa-energy-portal.org/news/breakdown-rwandas-new-policy-sustainable-energy-generation
- https://www.undp.org/stories/fueling-change-rwanda
- https://www.icao.int/environment-protection/CORSIA/Pages/state-pairs.aspx (Rwanda confirmed on the CORSIA Chapter 3 State Pairs list, 5th Ed./Rev.1, 27 Sep 2024)
- https://centreforaviation.com/news/rwanda-and-kazakhstan-join-voluntary-phase-of-corsia-1006157 (RCAA's earlier voluntary CORSIA pilot-phase signup)
- https://pressat.co.uk/releases/sp-aviation-expands-in-kigali-20ef2ca85f42245cae3b56f61186f111/ (SP Aviation sole into-plane supplier claim)
- https://www.bbenergy.com/location/societe-petroliere-rwanda/ (BB Energy majority ownership of Société Pétrolière Ltd)
- https://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/200708 (Ecobank financing of SP Ltd's Rusororo depot)
- https://esa.afdb.org/sites/default/files/UK11-24483_2_Volume%201_NBIA_ESIA_Non-technical%20Summary.pdf (Bugesera Airport ESIA — SP Ltd fuel-farm designation)
- https://www.miga.org/project/new-bugesera-international-airport (MIGA political-risk guarantee; Mota-Engil/GoR ownership structure)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugesera_International_Airport (conflicting Qatar Airways 60% equity-stake claim; coordinates)
- https://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Environmental-and-Social-Assessments/Rwanda_-_New_Bugesera_International_Airport_Project__Bugesera_Rwanda__Resettlement_Action_Plan__RAP__Summary.pdf (AfDB ESIA/RAP documentation host)
- https://www.ktpress.rw/2026/06/away-from-tanzania-rwanda-turns-to-kenya-for-petroleum-products/ (new June 2026 Kenya-Rwanda G2G fuel corridor, KPC/RNEC)
- https://www.zawya.com/en/world/africa/hard-choices-for-african-airlines-as-eu-pushes-use-of-biofuel-v2xp3gkl (RwandAir's EU/UK SAF blending mandate exposure)
- https://www.reg.rw/what-we-do/generation/methane-gas/ (Lake Kivu methane confirmed electricity-generation-only — closes the SAF-feedstock hypothesis)
- https://rwanda.un.org/en/4079-fao-led-project-explores-sustainable-bioenergy-options-rwanda (FAO 2019 bioenergy/feedstock assessment)
Republic of Rwanda · advisory readiness summary built from public, dated ICAO sources. Not a regulatory determination or certification. Advisory readiness summary built from public, dated sources. Not a regulatory determination or certification.